Prototype Capital (formerly Remote First Capital) is a solo-GP venture capital fund led by Andreas Klinger, investing in European frontier-tech startups focused on robotics, automation, and manufacturing. Originally founded in 2019 as Remote First Capital with a focus on remote-work infrastructure, it rebranded in 2024 to reflect a broader frontier-tech thesis.
Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (54% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $5.0M (across 4 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
13
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
4
Team
AC
Aric Chang
Managing Partner
AK
Andreas Klinger
Investor
NM
Nandeet Mehta
Venture Capitalist
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
13 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tangible | Seed | $4.3M | Feb 2026 |
 Allonic | Pre-Seed | — | Feb 2026 |
 Rollo | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
 ROllo Robotics | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
 Tangible Finance | Seed | $4.3M | Jan 2026 |
 Belfort | Seed | — | Sep 2025 |
 Sunrise robotics | Seed | — | Jun 2025 |
 Sensmore | Seed | — | May 2025 |
 Hyperdrives | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Hyperdrives | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Nilo | Seed | — | May 2021 |
 Insurdata | Seed | $3M | Jan 2017 |
 Sunrise Robotics | Unknown | $8.5M | — |
Top Co-Investors
SDAC Ventures5 shared
Tapestry2 shared
Seedcamp2 shared
Plural Platform2 shared
Tiny Supercomputer2 shared
private angel investors2 shared
Pale Blue Dot2 shared
Aperture Venture Partners2 shared
MMC Ventures2 shared
Future Positive Capital2 shared
Unruly Capital2 shared
2100 Ventures2 shared
First Momentum Ventures2 shared
Rethink Ventures2 shared
FoodLabs2 shared
Day One Ventures1 shared
Visionaries1 shared
Hugging Face1 shared
OpenAI Startup Fund1 shared
Last updated: 27 September 2026